Zinc toxicity following massive coin ingestion

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 148-153

  Bennett, Daniel R ^a,b   Baird, Curtis J ^a   Chan, Kwok Ming ^a   Crookes, Peter F ^a   Bremner, Cedric G ^a   Gottlieb, Michael M ^a   Naritoku, Wesley Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

coin ingestion; toxicity; zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGESTION; INTOXICATION; MALE; MONEY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

BILIRUBIN; COPPER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FATAL OUTCOME; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUMISMATICS; PANCREAS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPLEEN; TRANSAMINASES; ZINC;

EID: 0030902383     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199706000-00008     Document Type: Article

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